Andy Murray feels he must hit top form immediately to stand any chance of winning the ATP World Tour Finals.

Simon Cowell's company agrees to make a donation to a music charity that successfully forced an X Factor act to change its name.

A 17-storey tower block in Motherwell in North Lanarkshire is demolished in a controlled explosion.

Northern Rock had to be sold by 2013 under a deal signed by the former Labour government, Chancellor George Osborne is set to reveal.

Three police officers stabbed in north-west London as they tried to arrest a man undergo surgery.

Holders Leinster ease to a bonus-point 38-13 Pool Three win over Glasgow in Dublin.

Firms are revising their job and investment plans after a "sharp fall" in confidence among senior business leaders, a new report warns.

The new governor of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, calls for "urgent action" by EU leaders as the new government is approved in Italy.